Articles filed under Crime
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Sharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kidsJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - LINCOLN, Ill. - Dressed in her Sunday best - pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu - Crystal Martinez's 4-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicolo...
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J.J. Bittenbinder, colorful ex-Chicago police detective and crime-prevention guru, dead at 80Jun 05, 2023 1:00 am - John Joseph "J.J." Bittenbinder might have saved your life. In the 1990s, the colorful former Chicago police detective showed viewers how to avoid being kidnapped as hos...
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Police in Harvard fatally shoot man suspected of stabbing woman to deathJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A man suspected of stabbing a woman to death was shot and killed by a Harvard police officer late Saturday night, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at the sc...
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Deerfield school board member ID'd as victim of hit-and-run crash in Highland ParkJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - Deerfield Elementary School District 109 school board member Maureen Wener was identified Sunday as the bicyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver Friday in Highland Park....
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Mundelein man on parole for 2019 shooting faces felony weapons chargesJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Mundelein man on parole in connection with a 2019 shooting outside a school faces new felony weapons charges after authorities say he fled from police whil...
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Sheriff: Nearly 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills linked to Mundelein manJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - A Mundelein man faces multiple drug and gun charges after a three-month investigation that netted nearly 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills and four firearms, Lake County author...
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Ex-Fox Lake cop convicted of murder seeks new round of DNA testingJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - Lawyers for a former law enforcement officer serving a life sentence for the 1992 killing of his former girlfriend are seeking a new round of DNA testing on evidence col...
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Legislation that would allow police to use drones for monitoring parades, large events passesJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - Legislation that will allow law enforcement agencies to use drones to surveil large public gatherings, such as the Highland Park Fourth of July parade where a rooftop sh...
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Police: Toddler accidentally shot in Vernon Hills homeJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - A 19-year-old man is facing charges after a 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot Friday in a Vernon Hills home, authorities said. Joseph Hatchett of Grayslake is charge...
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Aurora man gets 38 years in prison for 2005 beating murderJun 02, 2023 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for beating a man to death 18 years ago. Quinton C. Moore will begin the sentence once he finishes serving time fo...